Jump is Google’s professional solution for creating seamless, 3D-360º VR video. We kicked off the Jump Start program to give creators access to Jump cameras, and we recently announced the second round of Jump Start participants. They’re working on some amazing stuff—everything from a VR musical to a film about a 9th century Viking raid in Ireland. Let’s take a look.

Andrew Asnes

Location: New York, USAAndrew’s working on UpStage, a 360º Musical featuring Broadway composers, lyricists and stars that unfolds over five episodes as we follow a different character in each one.

Ben Ross and Brittany Neff

Location: Los Angeles, USA

Ben and Brittany are working on RESISTANCE, an episodic VR documentary about communities affected by and responding to a changing climate and a changing world.

Ben Ross and Brittany Neff

Boris Maganic and Olivier Leroux

Location: Vancouver, Canada

Boris and Oliver take viewers on a picturesque journey exploring the Squamish and Lil'wat indigenous people's culture, traditions, music and arts.

Carole Chainon

Location: Los Angeles, USA

Carole ​is co-founder of JYC, an LA-based AR and VR video production studio. She’s shooting a documentary about the homeless community of NYC.

Celine Tricart—Lucid Dreams Productions

Location: Los Angeles, USA

Celine’s a VR filmmaker and founder of Lucid Dreams Productions. Her team’s work has been showcased at Sundance and won various awards.

Chris Campkin

Location: London, UK

Chris is a pioneering VR Cinematographer based in London. Currently assigned in Kenya, he’s documenting the future of the last pristine landscapes of the world.

Declan Dowling

Location: Wicklow, Ireland

Tile Films is producing a VR short that follows the perilous journey of a 9th century Irish child whose village is attacked by Viking raiders.

Elle Toussi

Location: Los Angeles, USA

Elle and team will be exploring the journey of a paralympic athlete competing in the Winter Olympics in South Korea in 2018.

Elle Toussi

Emily Cooper

Location: Los Angeles, USA

Emily is working on a narrative that explores one young woman’s struggle with depression. In “Move,” we discover the unspoken struggles of mental illness.

Enda Grace

Location: Kildare, Ireland

Enda founded Dundara Television & Media in Ireland. His VR team is working on "Ireland, Stud Farm Capital of The World" alongside other projects.

Fitz Cahall

Location: Seattle, USA

Fitz is creative director at Duct Tape Then Beer, a production company focused on the outdoors. Skykomish is a visual postcard for his backyard mountain playground.

Fitz Cahall

Han Yan Yuen, Huijun Duan, Sharon Yeung and Szczepan Orlowski

Locations: Shenzhen, China; Hong Kong, China; London, UK

They’re working on “Meet me at the assembly line,” a personalized VR documentary where an everyday shopping trip gets interesting.